I know how you feel right now. Deep down inside your soul, you want to be connected with someone who isn’t there or who doesn’t exist, but you wish they did. No matter how hard you pray, and lock eyes with the clouds, you still feel like you’re alone - pouring out your rainy heart, droplet by droplet. The white walls, to your right and to your left, they remind you of your clean slate. What is this clean slate for? You wait and wait and waste? It all depends.
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Rowan Finley
Father. Academic Advisor. Musician. Writer. My real name is Jesse Balogh.
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So very relatable . But He knows what His plans are... ““Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:18-19 NKJV 😊😇
This inspire I story. Creating a person that don't exist. I cool concept. Cleaning a slates and fixed our mistake. This is so deep and can mean so many things to different people. I.
Beautifully said and I appreciate the tragic feelings here - and yet there is hopeful yearning too
Sometimes that “clean slate” isn’t empty—it’s sacred space. Maybe it’s being prepped for something (or someone) your heart can’t even picture yet.
Giving snaps! Well done :)